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Skeleton stuff

bones, features, sutures, other

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frontal forehead; top of eyes to hairline
parietal two bones that form one on top of head; hairline to ears and back has temporal ridges
occipital posterior part of skull, where brain stem leaves has foramen magnum
foramen opening at the base of skull (brainstem passes through)
temporal part of skull by ears
external auditory meatus part of ear you can put finger in
zygomatic process cheekbone (zygomatic arch), reaches toward zygomatic bone, temporalmatic process
mastoid process behind ear (raised part)
sphenoid behind eye sockets and zygomatic arch, goes all the way across
ethmoid size of walnut, sits anterior of sphenoid, right behind bridge of nose
cribriform plate forms roof of nasal cavity
crista galli projects upward in between brain hemispheres, anchors down maningies membranes that covers the brain
zygomatic bone cheek bone
temporal process connects to zygomatic process
nasal bridge of nose
palatine back part of roof of mouth
maxilla forms rest of pallet, holds teeth, anchored to zygomatic bone
mandible jaw bone, starts as right and left halves
condyloid process smooth bump, usually part of joint to form jaw
coronoid process crown, upper most part of jaw, where muscle attaches
sagittal suture where parietal bones come together
lambdoidal sutures separates parietal from occipital
squamous suture temporal (squamous bone) to parietal
coronal suture where parietal and frontal meet
auditory ossicles few very small bones in inner ear
malleous most superficial (hammer)
incus anvil
stapes stirrup
hyoid horse shoe shaped bone in throat (broken if strangled)
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